Juan Mabromata/Getty ImagesA man sets his telescope to watch the solar annular eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Santa Cruz province, Argentina, on Oct. 2, 2024. An annual solar eclipse will create a rare “ring of fire” phenomenon visible in parts of South America on Wednesday. Esteban Felix/APThe moon moves across the sun during an annual solar eclipse in Tahai, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Juan Mabromata/Getty ImagesIn this aerial view, people gather to watch the solar annular eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Santa Cruz province, Argentina, on Oct. 2, 2024. Juan Mabromata/Getty ImagesClouds partly cover the “ring of fire” eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Santa Cruz province, Argentina on Oct. 2, 2024. Getty ImagesA woman wears protective glasses to look at the annular solar eclipse in Coyhaique, Aysen region, Chile, on Oct. 2, 2024. Juan Mabromata/Getty ImagesThe “ring of fire” eclipse is pictured from Puerto San Julian, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, on Oct. 2, 2024. Natacha Pisarenko/APPeople watch an annual solar eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Argentina, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Jonathan Martins/Getty ImagesThe “ring of fire” eclipse is pictured in Isla de Pascua in the Pacific Ocean, Chile, on Oct. 2, 2024. Part of the southern hemisphere will witness the annular eclipse that will occur when the Moon almost totally covers the Sun, leaving a luminous ring visible, a spectacle that will be seen in its maximum splendor from the Chilean and Argentinean Patagonia. Natacha Pisarenko/AP(L-R) Sebastian Caceres and Guadalupe Caceres watch an annular solar eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Argentina, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, Natacha Pisarenko/APThe moon moves past the sun during an annular solar eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.